Shame on me. Mere days after slating Mrs. Hippy for furniture related torture she lays out a four figure sum on taking me on holiday. I’m a bad, bad man.
It seems we’re going on a cruise, partly because I like water but mainly because she can get some kind of two for one deal from Virgin Cruise Holidays through work, and we both like the idea of seeing lots of places in a single holiday. I’m a little concerned about how I’ll deal with Daily Mail reading retirees every day but herself assures me it’s all very egalitarian and unfussy on board these days, so long as one doesn’t piss in the lido pool or throw cigarettes off the side. Best keep it to four pints a night max then.
It looks like our options are either a Dubai cruise or floating around the Mediterranean, which kind of has me torn. I’d rather spend time in France, Spain, Italy etc than the Middle East, but something about the crassness of Dubai combined with my perceptions of cruising as a holiday for people with more money than sense (not to mention taste) makes Dubai seem like a natural choice.
Anyone been on one of these things? Any thoughts?
DubaI is even weirder than japan, you should go!
Just remember – poop deck is not literal. (with apologies to Seth MacFarlane)
You could do a lot worse than asking Jane Chadwick for a bit of advice, she really knows her stuff.